to boot
26
6.7
- idiom
- /tə buːt/
:
además
- And a yellow card to boot.
- free to boot
- good to boot
- great to boot
Examples
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Buy a bar of soap and you get $10 to boot.
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She finished her project ahead of schedule, and she received a bonus to boot.
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Yes, sir, and a great war hero, to boot.
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And I made 50 cents to boot.
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Your pockets are full to boot.
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A friend of hers and mine, and a fine photographer to boot.
Fiction book (1995) -
And a fair few quid to boot.
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And 10,000 dollars to boot.
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I'm a hell of a lot more fun, and better-looking to boot.
Fiction book (1995) -
Verizon seems much more straightforward, and if I get better service to boot, great.
Blog text (16)
Synonyms
453
1.2
Adds extra information
210
3.6
Adds an extra point that supports what was said
111
3.6
To give another fact or idea
1
1.0
To add a new point or give extra information
How Additive
Surface Forms
Morphology
to + boot
Knowing the literal words 'to' and 'boot' (as preposition/particle and footwear/verb) does not allow a B1 learner to derive the sense 'in addition' — the idiom's sense is historically rooted and not a transparent composition of those meanings. This adverbial phrase is idiomatic and unpredictable cross-linguistically, so learners who only know the constituents would not reliably infer its meaning.
Etymology
To boot may come from an old word boot that meant a small extra or a helpful addition given with a sale or deal. So to boot now means 'in addition' because it once pointed to that extra.